Gateway of fortified caravanserai, Daudnagar. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Print in poorish condition, with some staining and marking, probably from water damage. 'Daoodnugger is a considerable town on the banks of the Soane, and forty miles west of Gya. The town, which is comparatively modern, was founded by Daood Khan, a Pathan soldi...
Shamsher Khan's Tomb, Shamshernagar. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the domed tomb. 'About eight miles lower down the Soane from Dooadnugger there is a considerable village called Shamsheernugger, founded and named after a nephew of Dooad Khan, Shumsher Khan, and a very pleasing structure was built by him as his ...
Sculptured figure of Vishnu, Konch. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Standing figure (headless). Location given in volume as Shamshernagar, but as Konch in Peppé's list, where the figure is, however, incorrectly identified as Surya (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé accompanying photographs, India pub. proc., 18 February 1871, IOR...
Sculptured figures of Buddha and Tara, from Konch. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Figure of Buddha (face missing) in bhumisparsa mudra, with smaller Tara figure on the right (also lacking face). Location given in volume as Shamshernagar, but as Konch in Peppé's list (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé accompanying photographs, India pub. proc.,...
Two sculptured figures of Vishnu, from Konch. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Location given in volume as Shamshernagar, but as Konch in Peppé's list, where they are, however, tentatively identified as Surya images (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé accompanying photographs, India pub. proc., 18 February 1871, IOR/P/505 p. 1641). India Mus...
View from the south-east of ancient brick Shiva Temple, Konch. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Some tears in print surface. The temple is in ruinous condition. Although the temple contains a linga, 'whether it is Buddhist or Saivite is a moot point' (P.C. Roy Chaudhury, Gaya volume of Bihar District Gazetteers, Bihar, 1957), note to plate 14. India Museum...